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New Information On Former Police Chief Will Johnson N-Word Complaint
Members, As most of you know, we filed a complaint back in March 2019, against our former Chief of Police Will Johnson, for the use of the N word. You also may recall we have been fighting the disparity between how officers are disciplined compared to supervisors. We even address our concerns with the Arlington City Council & the City Manager, requesting an independent investigation into our Internal Affair Division, after a recent arbitration ruling that we believed helped our cause. In ad...
Lack Of Accountability For Arlington Police Department May Have Cascading Consequences
Updated On: Jan 30, 2020 You have heard the old saying about how the “past can come back to haunt you”. Well that could never be truer for Assistant Chief Kolbye and the Arlington Police Department.Attached is a copy of a motion for a new trial for Hector Acosta. Acosta you may remember was arrested and charged with Capital Murder, for killing two people and decapitating one of them. In November 2019, Acosta was found guilty and sentenced to death.On Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, the motion fo...
Deputy Chief James Lowery And Lt. Moses Received Oral Reprimands Related To The Shredded Use Of Force Document
Updated On: Apr 06, 2018 Members, We are sharing this information because knowledge is power and the more you know the better it may help you in the future should you find yourself in a similar saturation. Let’s first start with the Texas Penal Code 37.10 (a)(3) Tampering with a Governmental Records, which states a person commits an offense if he intentionally destroys, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental records. We c...
Judge Overturns 80 Hr. Suspension & Rules A Disparate Treatment & Obvious Formal Privilege That Rank Has At Arlington Police Department
Updated On: Dec 09, 2019 Members, Recently one of our members recieved an 80 Hr. suspension for several policy violations. On Aug. 14 & 15 2019 our member attended his arbitration hearing, represented by Attorney Randall Moore. On Dec. 6, 2019 the arbitrator overtured the entire suspension for a number of reasons, which are explained in detail in the attached ruling. We encourage all members to read and share the attached ruling, and remember we are all one call away form being su...
Chief Will Johnson Receives No Discipline Over Use Of The N-Word
Updated On: Jul 27, 2019 Members,Attached is the ruling from the City Manager regarding our complaint against Chief Johnson. We are sure that it will come as no surprise that it was determined that Chief Johnson did NOT violate City of Arlington Personnel Policy 201.11 A (1)(2).Unbecoming Conduct and Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order, which states, an employee’s conduct at all times, on and off the job, shall reflect favorably on the employee and the City. The subjective intent of the spea...